Pigs used to be the main food source in Minecraft. Then came the hunger bar, and chicken and beef actually became more common. This is fine, but beef is eclipsing pork in popularity, which makes pigs useless.
The reason for this is that pigs only drop pork. Cows drop leather (which is now necessary for books, so it's useful even if you don't need the armour) and chickens drop feathers, as well as eggs (but eggs may not count because you don't actually kill the chickens for the eggs).
So how do we make pigs more useful? I suggest making them the more effective food option. Pigs should drop more pork than the other animals do their meat. Additionally, pigs should have a shorter cooldown timer on breeding, and a quicker growing up time, and perhaps the chance to produce twins. All this will make pigs twice as efficient for food collecting, which will make pigs jump back onto the useful side of the line. Of course, you can still get food by other means, but pork is just the most effective option, even though they don't produce extra drops like cows and chickens.
The reason for this is that pigs only drop pork. Cows drop leather (which is now necessary for books, so it's useful even if you don't need the armour) and chickens drop feathers, as well as eggs (but eggs may not count because you don't actually kill the chickens for the eggs).
So how do we make pigs more useful? I suggest making them the more effective food option. Pigs should drop more pork than the other animals do their meat. Additionally, pigs should have a shorter cooldown timer on breeding, and a quicker growing up time, and perhaps the chance to produce twins. All this will make pigs twice as efficient for food collecting, which will make pigs jump back onto the useful side of the line. Of course, you can still get food by other means, but pork is just the most effective option, even though they don't produce extra drops like cows and chickens.
Thoughts?
But I think any one buff to pigs/pork should be enough.
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